Newsweek Discovers Iran Has Opinions, 40 Years Late
Newsweek’s 2018 piece, 'Iran Says US Facing Global Crisis,' presents Iran’s view as if it’s a novel, isolated thought, rather than a predictable, indeed accurate, geopolitical assessment from a nation directly impacted by U.S. meddling. The article notes Iran's Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's claim of U.S. disarray. Funny, considering the U.S. has maintained crippling sanctions (source: U.S.
Treasury, OFAC), orchestrated coups (source: CIA, Project Ajax), and funded opposition groups for over four decades against Iran. One might wonder if Iran’s leadership, acutely aware of their own nation's 'global crisis' status, might see the pot calling the kettle black, especially when that pot also happens to be backing regional rivals with billions in advanced weaponry (source: SIPRI arms
transfers database). How many times does an empire need to destabilize a region for the targets in said region to notice a pattern?